Means for storing liquids.



No. 758,078. PATBNTED APR. 26, 1904.

' R. JARDINB.

MEANS FOR. STORING LIQUIDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1903.

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UNITED STATES ROBERT JARDINE, OF CLEVELAND,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO BERG AUTO- MOBILE COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MEANS FOR STORING LIQUIDS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,078, dated April 26, 1904.

. Application filed August 5, 1903.

To all w/mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J ARDINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Storing Liquids, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to means for storing or conveying liquids, and is particularly adapted for use in storing and carrying liquid hydrocarbon for use in automobiles.

The object of the invention is to provide means whereby the operator of the automobile may always be provided with a reserve supply of oil suflicient to operate the vehicle a distance such as to enable him to reach a further supply.

Said invention consists of means hereinafter fully described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed. means constituting but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents a perspective view of a vessel embodying my invention, showing a part thereof broken away to disclose the interior construction; and Fig. II represents a modified form of the mechanism embodying said invention, in which two separate tanks are employed.

An inclosed vessel A, preferably of rectangular form, as shown in Fig. I, is provided with an upright partition 64, terminating intermediately of the vessels top and bottom. This partition divides the interior of the vessel into two compartments 6 and c of unequal size, as shown. The larger compartmentb is capable of receiving and holding the major portion of the contents of the vessel, compartment 0, however, being capable of holding a quantity sufficient to operate the i ehicle a considerable distance. Immediately above the smaller compartment 0 is an opening a, which Serial No. 168,281- (No model.)

may be stopped up withasuitable plug. (Not shown.

The bottoms of the two compartments are provided with the openings (0 and a, connected by means of a duct or pipe d, communication through which is controlled by means of a cock 6. An outlet-opening a is formed in the bottom of compartment 6, through which the contents of said compartment are discharged.

In using and operating the above-described device the liquid to be carried and stored in the vessel is poured through opening a into compartment 0 until the latter is filled. Such pouring being continued, the liquid overflows into compartment 6, and so fills the latter. The opening a is then closed. The liquid is now withdrawn from compartment 1) when used. Should the operator through carelessness allow all this liquid to become exhausted, on becoming aware of such condition he connects the two compartments through the medium of the pipe d, and so renders the liquid in compartment 0 available for use, whereby he may reach a further supply for replenishing compartment 6.

In some cases conditions might be such as to require a division of the gasolene-supply, in which event two separate tanks would be employed, as illustrated by B and C, Fig. I1, connected at the top by a duct d, so as to permit the liquid in the one to overflow from the top into the other, such two tanks being connected at the bottom by a duct d communication through which is controlled by cock e, as in the previously-described device. It will be readily seen that such construction involves exactly the same principle of operation as does that first described, but might, perhaps, be preferable in some instances.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being madeas regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any one of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and dis- IOO nation of a storage-compartment provided with a charging-aperture, a second compartment connected with the first compartment intermediately of the top and bottom of the latter, and a duct connecting such two compartments independently of such first-mentioned connection, and provided with manually-operable means for opening and closing same.

2. In means for storing liquids, the combination of a storage-compartment provided with a charging-aperture, a second compartment connected with said first-named compartment intermediately of the top and bottom of the latter, and a duct connecting the bottom of said first-named compartment with its bottom.

3. In means for storing liquids, a vessel provided with a partition forming two compartments arranged with an opening to allow liquid to overflow from one to the other intermediately of the topand bottom; and with a duct for connecting said compartments inde- V vided with a partition extending from the bottom upwardly forming two compartments, and arranged to form an opening between the latter and near the top of the vessel, a duct extending from the bottom of the vessel on one side of said partition and communicating with the vessel upon the opposite side thereof, and manually-operated means foropening and closing said duct.

Signed by me this 30th day of July, 1903.

ROBERT JARDINE.

Attest:

G. W. SAYWELL, A. E. MERKEL. 

